Amazon shares sank as much as 5.4 per cent in postmarket trading
Packed and labeled boxes ready for delivery move along a conveyor belt at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. Thursday after the online retailer scared investors by warning that it could have sales of up to US$140 billion in the busy holiday quarter without making a nickel in profit.Article content
Investors have grown used to fatter profit margins from Amazon, even through the pandemic when it had to spend billions on safety measures. The holiday outlook shows investors take a back seat to customers, and that new CEO Andy Jassy is not abandoning the long-time strategy of founder Jeff Bezos. It’s almost a message from Jassy: Don’t expect anything different from me.
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